Cabinet for paper-packages.



W. A. RICH, JR. & C. C. WILLIS.

CABINET FOR PAPER PACKAGES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 12, 1915.

1,181,613. Patented May 2,1916.

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CABINET FOR PAPER PACKAGES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 12, 1915.

Patented May 2, 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALDO A. RICH, JR., AND WILLIS, OF SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHU- SETTS, ASSIGNORS TO DENNISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSA- CHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CABINET FOR PAPER-PACKAGES.

' Patented May 2, 1916.

Application filed October 12, 1915. Serial No. 55,553.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WALDO A. HIGH, J r., and CHARLES C. WILLIS, citizens of the United States, and residents of South Frai-ningham, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cabinets for Paper-Packages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders or cabinets for paper packages of the general class formed of a plurality of sheets adapted for use as towels or the like, folded in compact form, the sheets of the package being so organized and arranged that they may be withdrawn from the cabinet one at a time, the removal of one sheet causing the sheet adjacent thereto automatically to be brought to a position where it may be readily grasped and removed.

More particularly a holder or cabinet having a vertical front in which the dispensing opening is located, and in which the sheetsof the package stand on their folded edges with the free end of the sheet adjacent to the opening projecting or depending therefrom.

In a holder or cabinet of this type it is necessary to provide a follower to hold the stacked sheets flat and press the package as a whole against the front of the cabinet'as the sheets are successively withdrawn; and it is the principal objectof this ihvention to provide a follower which will effectively press the package against the cabinet front and at the same time will not interfere with the filling or reloading of the cabinet. or require extensive manipulation in readjustment for use after the cabinet has been refilled.

Other objects of the invention will be hereinafter more particularly referred to.-

Referring to the drawings which illustrate an embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a central, vertical section of the improved cabinet; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2, Fig. 1'; Fig. 3 is a view-similar to Fig. 1, showing the cabinet in open position; and Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a sheet of the paper package.

A is the body of the cabinet or holder, having a vertical front provided with a dis pensing opening A. The back cover B, which in the example shown, is adapted to the invention relates to be secured to a wall or other support (Fig. 3) is provided with inturned flanges B pivote-d at their lower ends to the side walls of the cabinet body, and has at its: top a spring catch G adapted to engage a complemental member C on the top wall of the body yieldingly to lock said cover and body in normal closed position, as shown in Fig. 1.

Between the inwardly turned. flanges. B and near the top edge of the cover B, there is rigidly secured a rod D on which is mounted a pair of coiled follower springs E spaced apart (Fig. 2) and having their ends e In engagement with said back cover. Chains F are secured at one end to the bottom of the cabinet body'in'close proximity to the front wall, the opposite ends thereof being secured to the ends of the free arms E of the springs E, so that there is thus provided a flexible connection between said arms E and the cabinet body. Preferably, as shown, recesses A are provided in the bottom of the body A, in which said chains may rest and thus be out of engagement with the paper package P, hereinafter described, and which rests upon said bottom.

The paper package P, adapted to. be contained within the body, preferably consists of a plurality of sheets, each folded to form a long section p and a" single short section '9, said sheetsbeing superposed to form the package, the short section of each sheet be? ing in juxtaposition with the long section of, the adjacent sheet, said sheets standing. on their folded edges with the short sections in front, the free end of the short section of the front sheet terminatin between the top and bottom edges of t e dispensing opening A so that it may project or depend therefrom. This package it will be understood is one wherein the removal of the front sheet causes the sheet adjacent thereto automatically to be brought to a position I where it can be readily grasped and re the last or back sheet of the package P, and to be tightly held in position by the spring follower arms E which engage it when the cabinet is in normal closed position, as shown in Fig. 1. It will be clear that the pressure of the spring arms E follower G holds the stacked sheets flat, and presses the package as a whole against the front of the cabinet body, the flexible con nections F permitting the to move forward in engagement with the follower plate as the sheets are successively removed.

When the package P has been exhausted, the cabinet body A is swung down into the position shown in Fig. 3 for the'insertion of a new paper package, and the chains. F actuated by said downward movement with draw said arms out of the path .in which the package is to be inserted, as clearly shown in said Fig. 3. To refill or reload the cabinet, therefore, it is necessary merely to swing the body downward, remove the follower G, insert a new package P, replace the follower upon it, and swing the body of the cabinet A back into normal closed position, where it is ready for use with the follower springs in engagement with the follower without the necessity of manipulation of the follower springs to force them out of or into working position. 1

As the sheets of the tightly pressed package are successively withdrawn, there is "a particularly gradual lifting of the sheets, near the cabinet front, which, if unprevented, results in short sheets p being lifted to such an extent that before the package is exhausted their free ends instead of terminating between the top and bottom edges of the dispensing opening A extend above said top edge so that the front sheet cannot fall or project from said opening, and so become readily available for use. To eliminate this difficulty the opposite side walls of the cabinet body are provided near the front with projections or holders H, adapted frictionally to engage the vertical edges of the sheets and check or restrain-their upward movement. Preferably these'projec tions are located at a short'dis'tance from the cabinet bottom and are wedge-shaped, as shown, the bases of the wedges being toward the front of the cabinet where the tendency of the sheets to lift is greatest and where, therefore, the strongest restraint is required. As the pointsof the wedges are toward the back of the cabinet body, said Wedges offer no obstruction to the insertion of the paper package into the cabinet, the sheets thereof readily sliding along the inclined surfaces into position against the cabinet front.

1. A cabinet for paper packages, comprising body and cover members relatively against the spring arms E.

movable to permit the insertion of a package into said body, a follower spring and means adapted to be actuated by the opening movement of said members to withdraw said spring out of the path in which said package is inserted.

2. A cabinet for paper packages, comprising body ment of said members to release said spring to permit its return to working position.

3. A cabinet for paper packages, comprising body and cover members relatively movable to permit the insertion of a package into said body, a follower spring, and means adapted tobe actuated by the opening movement of said members to withdraw said spring out of'the path in which the package is inserted, and to release said spring to permit its return to working position upon the closing movement thereof.

4. A cabinet for paper packages, comprising body and cover members relatively movable to permit the insertion of a package into said body,'a follower spring mounted on one of said members and a connection between said spring and the other of said members, adapted to be actuated by the opening movement of said members to withdraw said spring out of the path in which said package is inserted.

5. A cabinet for paper packages, comprising body and cover members relatively movable to permit the insertion of a package into said body, a follower spring mounted on one of said members, and a flexible connection between said spring and the other of said members, adapted to be actuated by the opening movement of said members to withdraw said spring out of the path in which said package is inserted.

6. A cabinet'for paper packages, comprising body and cover members relatively movable to permit the insertion of a package into said body, a follower spring mounted on one of said members, means to withdraw said spring-out of the path in which said package is inserted and a connection between said spring and the other adapted to be actuated by ment of said members to release said spring to permit its return to working position.

7. A cabinet for paper packages, comprising body and back cover members relatively the closing movemovable to permit the insertion of a packto withdraw said spring out of the path in which the package is inserted.

and cover members relativelymovable to permit the insertion of a packof said members,

8. A cabinet for paper packages, comprising body and back cover members relatively movable to permit the insertion of a package, a follower, a follower spring mounted on said cover, and a flexible connection between said spring and said body adapted to be actuated by the opening movement of said members to withdraw said spring out of the path in which the packageis inserted.

9. A cabinet for paper packages, comprising body and back cover members relatively movable to permit the insertion of a package into said body, a follower, a coiled follower spring mounted on said back and having an arm and a connection between said body and said spring arm adapted to be actuated by the opening movement of said members to withdraw said spring arm out of the path in which said package is inserted.

10. A cabinet for paper package s, com prising body and back cover members relatively movable to permit the insertion of a package into said body, a follower, a rod mounted on said cover and provided with a pair of coiled springs having arms, and connections between said body and said arms adapted to be actuated by the opening movement of said members to withdraw said arms out of the path in which said package is inserted.

11. A cabinet for paper packages, comprising a vertical front provided with a dispensing opening, and means adapted frictionally to engage the lateral edges of the sheets of the package to restrain upward movement of said sheets.

12. A cabinet for paper packages, comprising a vertical front provided with a dispensing opening, and a projection on the side wall of said cabinet to restrain the 11pward movement of the sheets of the package.

13. A cabinet for paper packages, comprising a vertical front provided with a dispensing opening, and a wedge-shaped projection on the side wall ofsaid cabinet to restrain upward movement of the sheets of the package therein, the base of said wedge being toward the cabinet front.

14. A cabinet for paper packages comprising a vertical front provided with a dispensing opening, and a projection on the side wall of said cabinet adapted frictionally to engage the lateral edges of the sheets of the package to restrain upward movement of said sheets.

Signed by us at Framingham, Massachusetts, this 30th day of September, 1915.

' WALDO A. RICH, JR.

CHAS. C. WILLIS. Witnesses:

CHESTER A. DUNLAP, ETHEL M. BEETLESTONE. 

